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University of Southern Maine

EPS. Gifted and Talented Program

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Essential Programs And Services Report Of Findings: Gifted And Talented Education, Lisa Morris, Amy Johnson Dec 2021

Essential Programs And Services Report Of Findings: Gifted And Talented Education, Lisa Morris, Amy Johnson

School Funding - Essential Programs and Services (EPS)

Report Overview

This review of the Gifted and Talented (G&T) funding component within the Essential Programs and Services (EPS) education cost model begins with a summary of our most recent (2019) analyses of the G&T funding patterns and trends in Maine. Next we provide updated data (Part I) about G&T program implementation and enrollment in Maine public schools in FY2020 and FY2021 to confirm that trends from prior studies persist. We then provide a summary of the available research literature on the rationale and effectiveness of G&T programming in order to revisit the underlying tenets of this aspect of Maine’s …